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Inland fisheries are vital for the livelihoods and food resources of humans worldwide but their importance is underestimated, probably because large numbers of small, local operators are involved.
Freshwater Fisheries Ecology defines what we have globally, what we are going to lose and mitigate for, and what, given the right tools, we can save. To estimate potential production, the dynamics of freshwater ecosystems (rivers, lakes and estuaries) need to be understood. These dynamics are diverse, as are the earths freshwater fisheries resources (from boreal to tropical regions), and these influence how fisheries are both utilized and abused. Three main types of fisheries are illustrated within the book: artisanal, commercial and recreational, and the tools which have evolved for fisheries governance and management, including assessment methods, are described.
The book also covers in detail fisheries development, providing information on improving fisheries through environmental and habitat evaluation, enhancement and rehabilitation, aquaculture, genetically modified fishes and sustainability. The book thoroughly reviews the negative impacts on fisheries including excessive harvesting, climate change, toxicology, impoundments, barriers and abstractions, non-native species and eutrophication. Finally, key areas of future research are outlined.
Freshwater Fisheries Ecology is truly a landmark publication, containing contributions from over 100 leading experts and supported by the Fisheries Society of the British Isles. The global approach makes this book essential reading for fish biologists, fisheries scientists and ecologists and upper level students in these disciplines. Libraries in all universities and research establishments where biological and fisheries sciences are studied and taught should have multiple copies of this hugely valuable resource.
About the EditorJohn Craig is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fish Biology and has an enormous range of expertise and a wealth of knowledge of freshwater fishes and their ecology, having studied them around the globe, including in Asia, North America, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. His particular interests have been in population dynamics and life history strategies. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and the Royal Society of Biology.
List of contributors x
Foreword xiv
Preface xv
Acknowledgements xvi
Section 1: Freshwater fisheries ecology
1.1 Introduction 3John F. Craig
Section 2: Freshwater ecosystems
2.1 Introduction 7John F. Craig
2.2 The dynamics of rivers in relation to fishes and fisheries 9Geoff Petts, Marie‐Pierre Gosselin and Janina Gray
2.3 The dynamics of lakes in relation to fishes and fisheries 31Brian Moss
2.4 The physico‐chemical characteristics, biota and fisheries of estuaries 48Ian C. Potter, Richard M. Warwick, Norm G. Hall and James R. Tweedley
Section 3: Freshwater resources
3.1 Introduction 83John F. Craig
3.2 Northern North America 85Wiliam Tonn, Heidi Swanson, Cynthia Paszkowski, Justin Hanisch and Louise Chavarie
3.3 Fennoscandian freshwater fishes: diversity, use, threats and management 101Bror Jonsson and Nina Jonsson
3.4 Fishery and freshwater ecosystems of Russia: status, trends, research, management and priorities, 120Yury Yu. Dgebuadze
3.5 Fishery of the Laurentian Great Lakes 134Thomas E. Lauer
3.6 Canadian freshwater fishes, fisheries and their management, south of 60°N 151John R. Post, Nicholas Mandrak and Mary Burridge
3.7 Freshwater fisheries of the United States 166Thomas E. Lauer and Mark Pyron
3.8 Fisheries in the densely populated landscapes of Western Europe 181Ian J. Winfield and Daniel Gerdeaux
3.9 Freshwater resources and fisheries in Slovakia 191Andrea Novomeská and Vladimír Kováč
3.10 Freshwater resources and fisheries in Hungary 196András Specziár and Tibor Erős
3.11 Freshwater resources and fisheries in the Czech Republic 201Pavel Horký
3.12 Problems and challenges of fish stock management in fresh waters of Poland 208Zbigniew Kaczkowski and Joanna Grabowska
3.13 Nature and status of freshwater fisheries in Belarus 216Vitaliy Semenchenko, Victor Rizevski and Inna Ermolaeva
3.14 Current state of freshwater fisheries in China 221Yahui Zhao, Rodolphe Elie Gozlan and Chunguang Zhang
3.15 Japanese inland fisheries and aquaculture: status and trends 231Osamu Katano, Hiroshi Hakoyama and Shin‐ichiro S. Matsuzaki
3.16 Fisheries in subtropical and temperate regions of Africa 241Olaf L. F. Weyl and Paul D. Cowley
3.17 Freshwater fisheries resources in subtropical America 256Rafael Miranda
3.18 Iberian inland fisheries 268Carlos Antunes, Fernando Cobo and Mário Jorge Araújo
3.19 Nature and status of freshwater and estuarine fisheries in Italy and Western Balkans 283Pier Giorgio Bianco and Valerio Ketmaier
3.20 Fisheries ecology of Greece 292Ioannis D. Leonardos
3.21 The ecology of inland fisheries of Turkey 304Sedat V. Yerli
3.22 Fisheries ecology in South American river basins, 311Mário Barletta, Victor E. Cussac, Angelo A. Agostinho, Claudio Baigún, Edson K. Okada, Agostinho Carlos Catella, Nelson F. Fontoura, Paulo S. Pompeu, Luz F. Jiménez‐Segura, Vandick S. Batista, Carlos A. Lasso, Donald Taphorn and Nídia N. Fabré
3.23 Inland fisheries of tropical Africa 349Brian E. Marshall
3.24 Fisheries of the rivers of Southeast Asia 363Robin L. Welcomme, Ian G. Baird, David Dudgeon, Ashley Halls, Dirk Lamberts and Md Golam Mustafa
3.25 Asian upland fishes and fisheries 377A. Ian Payne
3.26 Fishes and fisheries of Asian inland lacustrine waters 384Upali S. Amarasinghe and Sena S. De Silva
3.27 Freshwater fisheries of Australasia 404Donald J. Jellyman, Peter C. Gehrke and John H. Harris
Section 4: Fishing operations
4.1 Introduction 421John F. Craig
4.2 Aboriginal freshwater fisheries as resilient social–ecological systems 422Mimi E. Lam
4.3 Commercial inland capture fisheries, 438Devin M. Bartley, Gertjan de Graaf and John Valbo‐Jørgensen
4.4 Recreational fisheries in inland waters 449Steven J. Cooke, Robert Arlinghaus, Brett M. Johnson and Ian G. Cowx
Section 5: Fisheries management5.1 Fisheries governance and management 469Robin L. Welcomme
5.2 Assessment and modelling in freshwater fisheries 483Tony J. Pitcher
5.3 Social benefits from inland fisheries: implications for a people‐centred response to management and governance challenges 500Robert Arthur, Richard Friend and Christophe Béné
5.4 A human rights‐based approach to securing livelihoods depending on inland fisheries 513Nicole Franz, Carlos Fuentevilla, Lena Westlund and Rolf Willmann
5.5 The optimal fishing pattern 524Jeppe Kolding, Richard Law, Michael Plank and Paul A. M. van Zwieten
Section 6: Fisheries development
6.1 Introduction 543John F. Craig
6.2 Environmental assessment for fisheries 544Nigel Milner
6.3 Management of freshwater fisheries: addressing habitat, people and fishes 557Robert Arlinghaus, Kai Lorenzen, Brett M. Johnson, Steven J. Cooke and Ian G. Cowx
6.4 Aquaculture 580Randall E. Brummett and Malcolm C. M. Beveridge
6.5 Ecological implications of genetically modified fishes in freshwater fisheries, with a focus on salmonids 594L. Fredrik Sundström and Robert H. Devlin
6.6 Sustainable freshwater fisheries: the search for workable solutions 616Rodolphe Elie Gozlan and John Robert Britton
Section 7: The effects of perturbations on fisheries
7.1 Introduction 625John F. Craig
7.2 Harvest‐induced phenotypic change in inland fisheries 626Lauren J. Chapman and Diana M. T. Sharpe
7.3 Climate change and freshwater fisheries 641Chris Harrod
7.4 Toxicology 695Nic Bury
7.5 Impoundments, barriers and abstractions: impact on fishes and fisheries, mitigation and future directions 717Paul S. Kemp
7.6 Role and impact of non‐native species on inland fisheries: the Janus syndrome 770Rodolphe Elie Gozlan
7.7 Eutrophication and freshwater fisheries 779Ian J. Winfield
7.8 Aquaculture and the environment 794Malcolm C. M. Beveridge and Randall E. Brummett
Section 8: Tools and future developments in freshwater fisheries
8.1 Introduction 807John F. Craig
8.2 A list of suggested research areas in freshwater fisheries ecology 808John F. Craig
8.3 Molecular ecology and stock identification 811Eleanor A. S. Adamson and David A. Hurwood
8.4 Recruitment 830Thomas A. Johnston, Nigel P. Lester and Brian J. Shuter,
Countries index 846
Fish index 848
Author index 860
Subject index 884
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